Abstract
Viticulture in Greece is the oldest, but in recent years there has been
a reduction of areas intended for the production of wine products. The article contains data on
viticulture in Greece. Over time, the land of Greek vineyards is
fluctuating. There is
a trend towards a decrease in areas in connection with the quota of products
from the EU. The comparative estimation of the areas allocated for grapes in
Greece and leading EU states (Spain and France) is given. Despite this
development, the wine sector is not facing serious problems compared with other
crops because the soil - climatic conditions favor viticulture in Greece and
grape production gives high quality products. Greece is one of the countries
with a slight increase of 2% in wine production, while the total wine
production reached 2.6 million hectoliters, from 2.5 in 2016, that is 2% of
total production in the European Union and 1% worldwide. Greece with wine
production occupies the 12th place in the world and 4th in the European Union. As
far as wine consumption is concerned, Greece remained at the same level as 2.3
million hectoliters for 2017, after falling in recent years. In recent years,
the wine-growing trend has presented a serious and urgent problem due to the
high competitive environment of importing wine products from Latin America.
Keywords: viticulture, varieties of grape, grape products, consumption, wine export.